Hard-hitting hotel reviews, travel tips, and destination guides by Gina Jackson, a London-based author and travel journalist.
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The Monthly Digest: September
Featuring the standout hotel stays and most memorable meals from the past month
September has flown by. I’ve been out of London for a good chunk of the month, and the weeks I did spend in town felt rather hectic: so much so that I’ve barel...
How I became a travel writer
How I get to travel for a living - along with some hard truths about the industry
It’s the single most-asked question I get. My DMs are flooded with people asking me how I get to travel for a living, and stay in some of the world’s best ho...
The Monthly Digest: August
Featuring the standout hotel stays and most memorable meals from the past month
August has been a bit of a work-heavy month for me, and other than a short weekend trip to Stockholm, I haven’t done much proper unwinding. That said, I’ve man...
Stockholm Guide
My curated travel guide to the best places to sleep and eat in the Swedish capital
A couple of weeks ago, I flew over to Stockholm for a short - but sweet - summer's weekend. It had been exactly ten years since my last visit to the Swedish...
The best hotels I've stayed at this year so far
The most memorable stays I've had in the first half of 2026
As we draw close to the end of summer, and I've settled back into a few weeks on home turf in London, I've been reflecting on my favourite stays of the year so far. I feel incredi...
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London-based hotel obsessive and travel junkie. I write hard-hitting hotel reviews and destination guides for Condé Nast Traveller, The Times, Evening Standard etc, and have written two books all about UK hotels. Find me over on Instagram @ginagoesto
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